B&C Today: Comcast's NBCU Buys DreamWorks Animation; Viacom Goes to the Movies

Broadcasting & Cable Newsletter   Trouble seeing this email?      The best of BroadcastingCable.com delivered to your inbox daily       Our Top Stories         DreamWorks Animation Bought By Comcast's NBCUniversal $3.8B deal provides additional content assets READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: DreamWorks Animation CEO and cofounder Jeffrey Katzenberg will become chairman of DreamWorks New Media, which includes AwesomenessTV and NOVA.   How Viacom's Vantage Ad Unit Goes to the Movies Data about movie preferences drives ticket sales at box office READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: The company is introducing Viacom Vantage Studio Edition, which accounts for the special marketing needs for films and utilizes a data set that provides title level information about which households like to see which pictures.   Sen. Markey Eyeing TV Ratings System Complaints Has held meetings on issue; academics want hearings READ MORE » WHY THIS MATTERS: Markey was a driving force behind the TV ratings/V-chip system as a member of the House Telecommunications Subcommittee and has continued to advocate for protecting kids on-air and online ever since.       More Headlines         Divided FCC Proposes Special Access Remake Viacom Reports Profit Despite Lower Revenues Time Warner Cable Adds 21K Video Subs in Q1 AMC CEO Sapan Pay Drops to $17.7M NCTA Seeks Obama Action on 5.9 GHz Spectrum Smartphone Market Hits a Ceiling FCC's Wheeler: Set-Top Proposal Has 'Gotta Be Done' 'Match Game' Back on ABC With Host Alec Baldwin Wheeler: Charter Merger Conditions Create Competition Zone Viacom Makes Addressable Advertising Deal With Roku more headlines »     Blog Of Note       Happy Birthday, 'Fox News Sunday' By Michael Malone Fox News Sunday celebrates 20 years on the air this week, with Chris Wallace sitting in the host's seat for 13 of them. Across his many decades in broadcasting, Wallace says he's never quite seen anything in U.S. politics quite like GOP front-runner Donald Trump. Trump's camp may lack the discipline one expects from a presidential hopeful, but Wallace gives Donald high marks for reading the room—picking up on the "tremendous disaffection with politicians, and politics as usual"—and presenting his message accordingly. READ MORE »   more blogs »     Events       Multicultural TV Breakfast at INTX May 17, 2016 | Boston Convention and Exhibition Center | Boston, MA Learn More Next TV Summit & Expo June 15, 2016 | Hyatt Regency San Francisco | San Francisco, CA Learn More The Cloud & IP Tech Leadership Summit June 22-23, 2016 | Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel & Conference Center | Rosemont, IL Learn More News Technology Summit September 27-28, 2016 | Tampa Airport Marriott | Tampa, FL Learn More OnDemand Summit September 29, 2016 | Manhattan NYC, An Affinia Hotel New York , NY Learn More NYC Television and Video Week Virtual Reality 20/20 October, 17, 2016 |The TimesCenter— NYC Learn More B&C Hall of Fame October, 18, 2016 | Waldorf Astoria— NYC Learn More Advanced Advertising October, 19, 2016 | Grand Hyatt— NYC Learn More Next TV Summit October, 19, 2016 | Grand Hyatt— NYC Learn More Hispanic Television Summit October, 20, 2016 | Grand Hyatt— NYC Learn More more events »     Jobs       Chief Engineer WFSU TV/FM – Tallahassee, FL, United States   IT Systems Analyst, KNBC & KVEA - Evening Shift NBCUniversal – Universal City, CA, United States   Account Executive Sinclair Broadcasting Group – FL, United States   News Director WHEC-TV – Rochester, NY, United States   more jobs »   News Blogs Events People TV Careers   Advertise Contact Us Send this to a friend       ©2016 NewBay Media, LLC

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